Comments by "Daily Wire Third Stringer" (@DailyWireThirdStringer) on "Madagascar donations pour in from ‘World News Tonight’ viewers l WNT" video.

  1. Yep. Fortunately, there's already a movement to get wealth distributed to the places where it is most desperately needed. It's called effective altruism, and was founded by Princeton University Professor of Philosophy Peter Singer, Oxford Professor of Philosophy Will MacAskill, and Toby Ord. Bill Gates, according to Singer, is "one of the greatest effective altruists in the world." So at least there are a few rich people out there doing good works, and they can generally be found by seeing who has signed the Giving Pledge (Warren Buffett and George Soros have as well). Jeff Bezos has not. We cannot rely on private charity to improve living standards around the world, or even here at home, because there will never be enough altruism to go around. It sucks, but this is the world we live in. About 40% of this country would rather see them starve or run to what few Christian missionary organizations exist just to survive than see the wealthiest countries make sizeable (and meaningful) contributions to their fellow human beings. And a fair portion of them think it was "god's plan" that they are so lucky, and that people halfway around the world are so unfortunate. At least the current Pope is taking an interest in making an effort to alleviate their suffering, though.
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  2. "9 million children die around the the world from poverty, starvation, war and disease every year. That's an Asian tsunami every ten days killing only children under five. And the vast majority of their families believe in god, and will not have their prayers that their son or daughter might be spared answered. God either can't do anything to save them, or he doesn't care to. So he is either impotent or evil." ~ Sam Harris
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